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Drifter and Operator Statues

Two life-size Warframe figures, the Drifter and the Operator, built for the TennoCon 2025 show floor and featured by Warframe.

The challenge

Build two characters at human scale that hold up from any angle.

A statue on a convention floor is walked around, leaned against and photographed from every side for three days. There is no camera angle to hide behind, and both figures had to read as the same pair of characters players know from the game.

The approach

Hoku sculpted, printed, assembled and finished both figures at full scale, with the Drifter posed holding the Sirocco, then mounted them on plinths and installed them against a printed backdrop for the show.

Close view of the Drifter statue by Hoku Props showing the hood, visor and shoulder armour — Drifter, hood and visor

The Operator statue by Hoku Props from the front, arms crossed, showing the suit detailing — Operator, suit detailing

Operator, full figure on plinth

Photography by Alee Studios

Credit

Life-size Drifter and Operator statues built by Hoku Props for TennoCon 2025.

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Build two characters at human scale that hold up from any angle.

Life-size Drifter and Operator statues built by Hoku Props for TennoCon 2025.

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